Prof. Dr. Norbert Nebes
Head of the Research Centre
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institut für Orientalistik, Indogermanistik, Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie
Seminar für Orientalistik
Zwätzengasse 4,
D - 07743 Jena
| Office: | Room 208 |
| Phone: | +49 3641 9-44851 |
| Email: | norbert.nebes@uni-jena.de |
| 1974-1982 | Studies of Classical Philology, Assyriology, Philology of the Christian Orient and Semitic Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
| 1982 | Doctorate in Semitic Studies with Adolf Denz |
| 1982-1988 | University assistant at the Philipps University of Marburg with Walter W. Müller |
| 1989 | Habilitation in Semitic Studies and private lecturer in Marburg |
| 1989-1992 | Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation |
| 1992-1994 | Deputy Professor for Semitic, Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena |
| Since 1990 | Participation as excavation philologist in the expeditions of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Yemen (Mārib, Ṣirwāḥ, Ǧabal al-Awd). |
| 1994 | C4-Professor of Semitic Philology and Islamic Studies at the FSU Jena. |
| 1996-2000 | Substitute reviewer of the German Research Foundation. |
| 1997 | Corresponding member of the DAI Berlin |
| 1997-1999 and 2004-2007 | Director of the Institute for Languages and Cultures of the Near East at the FSU Jena |
| 1999-2001 | Pro-Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the FSU Jena |
| Since 2001 | Epigraphic and archaeological research of the oasis of Marib (Yemen) in cooperation with Ricardo Eichmann (DAI Berlin) and Iris Gerlach (DAI Sanaa) |
| 2008 | Ordinary Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz (>Inaugural Address) |
| 2008-2016 | Chairman of the Oriental Commission of the AdW Mainz |
| Since 2008 | Excavations in Wuqro/Ethiopia in cooperation with Ricardo Eichmann (DAI Berlin) and the Tigray Tourism and Culture Commission |
| Since 2012 | DFG long-term project "Sabaean dictionary". |
| Since 2016 | DFG long-term project in cooperation with DAI (Dr. Iris Gerlach) "Cultural Contacts between Southern Arabia and Ethiopia. Reconstruction of the ancient cultural area of Yeha (Tigray/Ethiopia)." |
| Since 01.10.2018 | Director of the Institute for Oriental Studies, Indo-Germanic Studies, Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology. |